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HAVE YOUR SAY

COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
May 26, 2009
Peru's Fujimori gets his: readers reply
Readers' responses to Debito Arudou's May 5 Just Be Cause column headlined "Fujimori gets his; Japan left shamed":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
May 12, 2009
The Calderon saga: reader responses
Readers' responses to David McNeill's April 14 Zeit Gist article, "A battle for Japan's future," on the Calderon case:
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
May 5, 2009
On nikkei 'golden parachutes'
Re: Debito Arudou's April 7 Just Be Cause column " 'Golden parachutes' mark failure of race-based policy":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Apr 28, 2009
Women, know your place: some readers' responses
Following are readers' responses to Kris Kosaka's March 31 Zeit Gist article, "Women, know your place":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Apr 7, 2009
Punishing foreigners, exonerating Japanese?
Following are some readers' responses to Debito Arudou's March 24 Zeit Gist article, "Punishing foreigners, exonerating Japanese":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Mar 31, 2009
Immigration pains; 'zombie debate' revisited
Japanese system worse Re: "I am not a Pakistani child bride (but the U.K. can't tell the difference)" (Hotline to Nagatacho, March 17):
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Feb 24, 2009
What would the locals do? Readers offer their views
Following are readers' responses to Paul de Vries' Feb. 3 Zeit Gist article, "What would the locals do?":
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COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Feb 24, 2009
The half, bi or double debate
Following are some of the responses The Japan Times received on the issues raised in Kristy Kosaka's Jan. 27 Zeit Gist article headlined ""Half, bi or double: one family's trouble":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Feb 3, 2009
Home-seeking headache; Americans' burden
A new low in Tokyo I appeared in the article by Jenny Uechi headlined "Prejudice among obstacles facing non-Japanese tenants," (Zeit Gist, Nov. 18). I would like to report a recent event that may interest you.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Jan 27, 2009
Burakumin, 'musical jobs': readers respond
Koseki at root of problem I wish to thank you for the excellent article "Breaking the silence on burakumin" on Jan. 20. I work for the Buraku Liberation Center in Osaka and was featured in the Aug. 2, 2008, issue (search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20080802a1.html). One point I would add is that it is the koseki (family registry) system itself that is the main practical reason buraku discrimination has hung on so long. In our latest newsletter, I wrote a short article about that.
COMMUNITY / HAVE YOUR SAY
Aug 28, 2007
Counting the cost
Although I appreciate the point that Michael Hassett is trying to make in his article "Losing custody: the odds" (Zeit Gist, Aug. 7), he asks the wrong question to try to determine a man's probability of heartbreak and turmoil and uses statistics in a way that is misleading.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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